I Like Thursday: Easter and Quilt Prep

I picked up some daffodils last week.  They fit nicely in this cute little vase I picked up a few years ago.  A little sunlight, a little green and yellow - it makes me happy!

I've spent the last few days working on Easter candy, a little at a time.  Candy centers.  Almond buttercrunch.  I'm still working solo, so I'm doing small batches and experimenting.  Last year's coffee buttercreams were good, so I'm trying it again  year.  I intended to make chai buttercreams, but instead I added some chai spice to some of the cookie dough truffles.  I'll be curious how they taste.

Every time I use this tempering machine I learn something new.  I need to update my notes again.  The first batch was milk chocolate.  I dipped about half the buttercrunch, the peanut butter balls and some of the chocolate chip cookie dough truffles. 

It's going to be hard not to eat them!  I plan on dipping dark chocolate tonight, then do the non-dipped items and decorations on Saturday.

Tomorrow I'll be trying my hand at Ukrainian eggs for the first time in... um... I really don't recall how long ago.  Best not to think on that too hard.

I've run out of little crumb pieces -  have these blocks to show for it.  Not sure what they'll become.  They're kind of pretty all arranged like this.

This is the fabric pull for the next quilt.  I have some ideas for the pattern.  I'm trying to calculate yardage, understand how the pattern goes together and try to envision how the colors will go together.

This week's prompt:  special Easter memories.  I loved Easter egg hunts.  I recall Dad was so happy when my sister and I still wanted to hunt eggs even after we knew the truth about the Easter Bunny.  He hid eggs for us well into adulthood.  I remember the rules - part of the egg had to be visible and could be extracted without needing to open doors or drawers.  I remember him giving us hints on some of the tough ones.

We tried an outdoor hunt with plastic eggs filled with candy.  That lasted only one year - we couldn't find one egg no matter how we looked, because the squirrels got to it first.  (We joke that the peanut brittle would have glued their mouths shut.)  

I just finished reading Project Hail Mary.  What an entertaining book - the author's enthusiasm is contagious.

I'm sure I'll have some fun photos to share next week.  Linking up with LeeAnna's I Like Thursday.